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Faculty Profile

B. Burgel, photo

Barbara J. Burgel, RN, MS, COHN-S, FAAN

Adult Nurse Practitioner
Clinical Professor
Dept. of Community Health Systems
2 Koret Way, #N-511F
San Francisco, CA.  94143-0608
Phone:  (415) 476-4953    Fax:  (415) 476-6042
Email:  barbara.burgel@nursing.ucsf.edu

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, BSN
University of California, San Francisco, MS, Adult Health

Teaching

Development of professional advanced practice role, residency seminar

Clinical practice supervision of Occupational Health Nursing/Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner students

Occupational Health Nursing Program Planning

Interdisciplinary course leadership on clinical decision making in occupational injury and illness.

Expertise in musculoskeletal disorders, health maintenance, case management, workers' compensation, and policy development.

Clinical Focus

UCSF Community Occupational Health Project, focusing on low-wage worker health and safety in Alameda County, providing work-related clinical care, education and outreach to garment workers, janitors, hotel workers, musicians, and other high risk occupations.

Progress Foundation, Adult Nurse Practitioner for adults with acute and chronic mental health problems.

Professional Activities

Former Board of Directors for the American Board for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (ABOHN)

Scientific Committee of Occupational Health Nurses, International Commission on Occupational Health.  Membership in the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, ANA\C, the California Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)

Research Focus

PI, UCSF Community Occupational Health Project with N. Lashuay, L. Israel and R. Harrison, to evaluate low wage worker health and safety, funded by the California Wellness Foundation

Participant, Modeling a Community Health Occupational Health Prevention Program for Low Wage Workers, The California  Endowment.

Honors and Awards

Master of Science "Teacher of the Year" Award, 1990 and 2002
Inducted as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, 1997

Selected Publications

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Burgel, B.  "Pregnancy and Occupational Health" in Ambulatory Obstetrics, 3rd edition, Star. WL, Shannon, MT, Lommel, LL, & Gutierrez, YM, San Francisco: UCSF Nursing Press, 1079-1104.   1999.

Burgel, B.  "Direct Care in the Occupational Health Setting" in AAOHN Core Curriculum for Occupational Health Nurses., 2nd edition. Salazar, M. (ed.), Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 247-267.  2001.

Burgel, B.  "Occupational Health Nursing" in Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (5th ed.) by Plog, B., Niland, J., & Quinlan, P.J. (eds.) Chicago: National Safety Council, 775-792.  2002.

Burgel, B.  "Occupational and Environmental Health History" in Practice Guidelines for Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing. Fischer, M & Stone, D (Eds.) California State Association for Occupational Health Nurses.  2002.

Burgel, B.J.  Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialists Practicing as Nurse Practitioners: Administrative Practices in the California Workers' Compensation System. AAOHN Journal, 50(6): 262-270. 2002.

Lashuay, N., Burgel, B., Harrison, R., Israel, L., Chan, J., , C. Cusac, C., Chao Pun, J., Fong, K., Shin, Y.  "We Spend Our Days Working in Pain: A Report on Workplace Injuries in the Garment Industry. Final Report for the California Wellness Foundation, Oakland: Asian Immigrant Women Advocates.  2002.

Pun, JC, Burgel, BJ, Chan, J, and Lashuay, N.   Education of Garment Workers:  Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. AAOHN Journal, 52(8): 338-343, 2004.

Burgel, BJ. OH Nursing Case Management in the USA. Occupational Health Review, 107: 36-39, 2004.

Saxe, JM, Burgel, BJ, Stringari-Murray, S, Collins-Bride, GM, Dennehy, P, Janson, S, Humphreys, J, Martin, H. and Roberts, B. What is Faculty Practice? Nursing Outlook. 52(4): 166-173, 2004.

Saxe, JM, Burgel, BJ, Collins-Bride, GM, Stringari-Murray, S, Dennehy, P, and Holzemer, W. Strategic Planning for UCSF's Community Health Nursing Faculty Practices. Nursing Outlook. 52(4): 179-188, 2004.

Burgel, BJ, Lashuay, N, Israel, L, and Harrison, R. Garment Workers in California: Health Outcomes of the Asian Immigrant Women Workers Clinic, AAOHN Journal, 52(11): 465-475, 2004.

Burgel, B. "The Occupational and Environmental Health History" in Practice Guidelines for Occupational and Environmental Health Nurses, Fischer, M & Stone, D (Eds.). California State Association for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.  2004.

Burgel, B. "Occupational Health" in Women's Primary Care, (2nd edition). Star, W., Lommel, L. & Shannon, M. (eds.). San Francisco: UCSF Nursing Press, 15.1-15.9.  2004.




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